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Thomas Pownall (bapt. 4 September 1722 (New Style) – 25 February 1805) was a British politician and colonial official. He was governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay from 1757 to 1760 and afterward served in the British Parliament.

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active years end date
1760-06-03
active years start date
1755-05-13, 1757-08-03
associate
Sir Abraham Hume 1st Baronet, John Grey (MP), John_Fownes-Luttrell
birth date
1722-09-04
death date
1805-02-25
death place
Bath Somerset
governor
Jonathan Belcher
office
Acting Governor of the Province of New Jersey, Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey
order in office
Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay
party
Whigs (British political party)
region
Cornwall, Somerset, Tregony (UK Parliament constituency), Minehead (UK Parliament constituency)
religion
Church of England
successor
John Reading (New Jersey), Thomas Hutchinson (governor), Francis_Fownes-Luttrell, George_Lane_Parker

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